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{{Infobox single|
{{Infobox single|
| Name = It's Raining Men
| Name = It's Raining Men
| Cover = Itsrainingmen-ukcd1.jpg
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| Artist = [[Geri Halliwell]]
| Artist = [[Geri Halliwell]]
| from Album = [[Scream If You Wanna Go Faster]]
| from Album = [[Scream If You Wanna Go Faster]]

Revision as of 20:52, 10 August 2013

For the 2010 song by Rihanna featuring Nicki Minaj, see Raining Men (song).
"It's Raining Men"
Song
B-side"It's Raining Men" (long version)
"It's Raining Men"
Song
B-side"It's Raining Men... The Sequel" (Radio Mix)

"It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979,[1][2] originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982. The song had been offered to Diana Ross, Donna Summer,[1] Cher, and Barbra Streisand before being accepted by Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of The Weather Girls, with their version becoming an international hit, selling over 6 million copies worldwide.[citation needed]

It was covered by Martha Wash (of The Weather Girls) as a duet with RuPaul in 1997, by Geri Halliwell in 2001, and by Young Divas in 2006. The song is hailed as a camp classic and more recently as a dance anthem, gay anthem, and classic female anthem.

Original and RuPaul versions

The Weather Girls' version went number one on the US Disco Chart, debuting in October 1982. It made number 34 on the US R&B chart and number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released from their album Success. This version also made it to number two in the UK Singles Chart, #2 in Australia, and #1 on the Euro Hot 100. In 1982 The Weather Girls stated in an interview: "This song is dedicated to a really special person, the man of all men. He inspired us the most, Mister Leonardo Schellenberg".[citation needed]

The Weather Girls' music video was directed by Jim Canty and Jake-Sebastian Wynne, and featured Gene Anthony Ray.[3]

RuPaul and Martha Wash duetted on "It's Raining Men... The Sequel", which was included on the 1998 Rhino Records compilation CD RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics.

Chart (1982-1984) Peak
position
Invalid chart entered Germany2 43
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 46
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 13
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 8
UK (The Official Charts Company)[8] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 46
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 34
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[9] 1
Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1 22
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 95
  • 1 "It's Raining Men... The Sequel" by Martha Wash featuring RuPaul

Geri Halliwell version

"It's Raining Men"
Song
B-side
  • "Brave New World"
  • "I Was Made That Way"

"It's Raining Men" was released as the first single from Geri Halliwell's second solo album, Scream if You Wanna Go Faster, and was also on the soundtrack to the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. It was released in April 2001 and became a number-one hit single in UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The opening of the video for Geri Halliwell's version of the song is inspired by the audition scene in the 1983 film Flashdance; the remainder is inspired by the 1980 film Fame.[citation needed]

Reception

Halliwell's version experienced international success and hit the top ten in over two dozen countries around the world, going to number one in several of them, although it didn't fare as well on the American charts. However, in the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Geri's fourth consecutive number-one single there, selling 155,000 units in its first week and 80,000 in its second week. Overall the single went on to sell 423,418 copies in Britain alone, becoming the 12th best seller of 2001 and Geri Halliwell's most successful single worldwide.[11]

The song had been added to the album at the last minute; another song, "Feels Like Sex", had already been slated as the lead single. The song was a big success in France, it sold over 812,000 copies,[12] it was certified "Diamond" by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).[13] With this song, Geri Halliwell won the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards in France. A remix of the song, The Almighty Mix from the Toshiba-EMI series "Dance Mania", volume 20 was also featured in the 2002 Japanese video game, DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7th MIX and the 2002 Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. This version of the song was used as the theme song in the advertisements for New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2003. In July 2006 the song entered at seventy-nine on the Mexican Digital Sales Chart, spending two weeks inside the Top 100.

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[17] 2
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[18] 10
Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] 6
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 7
France (SNEP)[21] 1
Invalid chart entered Germany2 5
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 1
Italy (FIMI)[22] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[25] 15
Norway (VG-lista)[26] 13
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[27] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 4
UK (Official Charts Company)[31] 1

Year-end chart

Chart (2001) Position
UK (Official Charts Company) 12
Preceded by Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (The Weather Girls version)
December 25, 1982 - January 1, 1983 		Succeeded by
"Lies" / "Beach Culture" by Thompson Twins
Preceded by UK number one single
(Geri Halliwell version)
May 6, 2001 - May 19, 2001 		Succeeded by
"Don't Stop Movin'" by S Club 7

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[32] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[33] 2× Platinum 0*
France (SNEP)[34] Diamond 812,000[12]
Germany (BVMI)[35] Gold 250,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[36] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] Gold 400,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell.

UK & Europe CD1/International CD Maxi
(Released April 30, 2001)

  1. "It's Raining Men" - 4:18
  2. "I Was Made That Way" - 4:45
  3. "Brave New World" - 4:10
  4. "It's Raining Men" Enhanced Video

UK & Europe CD2/Australian CD Maxi
(Released April 30, 2001)

  1. "It's Raining Men" - 4:18
  2. "It's Raining Men" [Bold And Beautiful Glamour Mix Edit] - 4:46
  3. "It's Raining Men" [Almighty Mix Edit] - 3:46
  4. "It's Raining Men" [D-Bop Tall And Blonde Mix Edit] - 6:55

European 2-Track CD Single
(Released April 30, 2001)

  1. "It's Raining Men" - 4:18
  2. "Brave New World" - 4:10

Italian 12" Single
(Released July 18, 2001)

Side A

  1. "It's Raining Men" - 4:18
  2. "It's Raining Men" [Bold And Beautiful Glamour Mix Edit] - 4:46

Side B

  1. "It's Raining Men" [Almighty Mix Edit] - 3:46
  2. "It's Raining Men" [D-Bop Tall And Blonde Mix Edit] - 6:55

Official remixes

  1. "Radio Edit" - 3:50
  2. "Album Version" - 4:18
  3. "Bold and Beautiful Glamour Mix" (Radio Edit) - 4:46
  4. "Bold and Beautiful Glamour Mix" (Extended) - 7:06
  5. "Almighty Mix" (Radio Edit) - 3:46
  6. "Almighty Mix" (Extended) - 8:15
  7. "D-Bop Tall and Blonde Mix" (Short Edit) - 6:55
  8. "D-Bop Tall and Blonde Mix" (Long Version) - 8:09
  9. "Dax Thunderstorm Mix" - 7:28
  10. "It's Raining G's" (N.W.A) - 4:13
  11. "Saint Ken's Party Mix" - 9:03

Other versions

Uses in other media

In film

  • The song is featured in the Rodney Dangerfield hit Easy Money (1983)
  • It is a favorite song of Shawn Wayans' character Ray in Scary Movie (2000). He plays the song in Greg's car moments before the group hits the man they ultimately dump off a pier.
  • In the Bollywood movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), the song was features when the character Pooja (played by Kareena Kapoor) was getting ready for her morning.
  • In the Farrelly brothers' comedy film Stuck on You (2003), Walt hits the jukebox when he walks in and sees his brother, but gets embarrassed and hits it again when "It's Raining Men" is the song that starts playing.
  • It is featured in the Danish film After the Wedding (2006) (In Danish, Efter Brylluppet) directed by Susanne Bier.[39]
  • In the movie Vampires Suck (2010) the wolf pack dances to the song before dismembering a vampire.
  • It is featured in the film, Magic Mike (2012), as the background music for the first stripping scene of the film.

In sports

In television

  • Part of the song was performed on America's Got Talent by the group "The Glamazons" for their Top 48 act in 2011.
  • In the 2001 episode of Friends, "The One with Chandler's Dad", part of the song is sung by Kathleen Turner (who plays Chandler's drag queen father) at a club in Las Vegas.
  • It is used as the theme song for the "Men on..." comedy sketches on the television show In Living Color.
  • It was performed on the Late Show with David Letterman (Oct. 01, 2012) by Martha Wash, who popularized the song as a member of The Weather Girls, and coauthor Paul Shaffer, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the song.
  • It was performed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt on his opening monologue of episode #726 of Saturday Night Live.
  • In the animated series The Simpsons, "It's Raining Men" is Homer Simpson's favorite song.[40] In the episode "Fear of Flying", Moe pulls the record out of the jukebox and tosses it onto the street when he banishes Homer from his bar. The record is seen striking, and then being picked up by, a happy Waylon Smithers, a reference to his closeted homosexuality.
  • On an episode of The Game, the Sabers team lip syncs and dances to the song, making fun of a fellow team member rumored to be gay.[citation needed]
  • In the British sitcom Miranda, its series 2 episode "The New Me" featured title character Miranda dancing to the Weather Girls' version of the song on the streets, later the song was heard in the episode's credits.

In theater and onstage

In videogames

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Wayne, George (November 2009). "Celebs, Jokes, and Rock 'n' Roll!". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 20 July 2013. Paul Shaffer: Paul Jabara called me up and said, "I've got a great song for Donna Summer. I want you to write the song with me. What do you think about 'It's Raining Men'?" We wrote it in one afternoon. Lyrically she hated it, because she had become a born-again Christian. She thought it was blasphemous. She called Paul and said, "I hate the song. Oh, we've lost you." And then she sent him a Bible the next day.
  2. ^ Edwards, David (27 August 2012). "Fox News introduces Romney sons with gay anthem 'It's Raining Men'". The Raw Story. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Gene Anthony Ray". The Telegraph. 12:01AM GMT 20 Nov 2003. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b "It's raining men by The Weather Girls and by Geri Halliwell in Irish Chart". IRMA. Retrieved 4 June 2013. Only results when searching "It's raining"
  5. ^ "The Weather Girls – It's Raining Men" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
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  7. ^ "The Weather Girls – It's Raining Men". VG-lista.
  8. ^ "1984 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 31st March 1984". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Success awards on Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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  11. ^ "It's Raining Men" UK Sales
  12. ^ a b "InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Singles) du SNEP (Bilan par Artiste) – Search for "HaliwellG."". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  13. ^ "Certifications Singles Diamond - année 2002". Disque en France. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
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  15. ^ "Geri Halliwell – It's Raining Men" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  27. ^ Romanian Top 100 Singles Airplay Chart - Top of the Year 2001
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  33. ^ "Ultratop 50 Albums Wallonie 2001". Ultratop. Retrieved 2012-01-05. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  34. ^ "French single certifications – Geri Halliwell" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  35. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Melanie C)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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  40. ^ "2F08 Fear of Flying". The Simpsons Archive. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  41. ^ "Spider-Man, Priscilla and More to Join Nominated Musicals in Performing at 2011 Tony Awards". Broadway.com. June 8, 2011.
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